Shree Sainath Baba: December 2012

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Sai Baba's Assurance to his Devotees

No harm shall befall him who sets his foot on the soil of Shirdi.

He who cometh to My Samadhi, his sorrow and suffering shall cease.

Though I be no more in flesh and blood, I shall ever protect My devotees.

Trust in Me and your prayer shall be answered.

Know that My Spirit is immortal. Know this for yourself.

Show unto Me he who sought refuge and been turned away.

In whatever faith men worship Me, even so do I render to them.

Not in vain is My Promise that I shall ever lighten your burden.

Knock, and the door shall open. Ask and ye shall be granted.

To him who surrenders unto Me totally I shall be ever indebted.

Blessed is he who has become one with Me.

Agnaani main janmon se Sayee.... Eswar ko naheen jaan paatha
Tere karuna ki ek jhalak se... Khudaa ko maine pahli baar dekhaa

"Being ignorant since many births, Oh Sai, I haven't known God!
By the flash of your mercy, I see the God for the first time!"

What is the most important thing one could get from Sadguru Sainath?
He Himself said that although He is willing to give from His open coffers, most are not inclined to seek it. After every desire is answered and the truce between needs and wants established, Sadguru begins His work on the chosen ones. The most competent Sainath has innumerable ways that he chooses according to the nature of the devotee.
God vision, the realization of the supreme, the purpose to any quest, realization of the self, knowledge of the absolute, these are some of the descriptors of the dormant quest one might have in the spiritual path. The satsang with Sadguru is never passive! It is not a choice!
Is Saibaba a mere Guru or God himself? This is a stale question as any reader of books on Saibaba can say that Baba appears to those in whatever form they chose. Stories abound where Saibaba appeared as Vitthal, Shiva, Dattatreya, Jesus and other forms of divinity. In spite of this, is there a question whether Saibaba is just a siddha purusha, someone who acquired supernatural powers due to saadhana or He the absolute beyond all siddhis? Is He the God? What is God? What are God's attributes? None is able to describe this. Hence, even the question whether Baba is God or not, is not completely legitimate and at the best can only be a relative rhetoric! To make this simple, if one would choose any form of God within one's confine, describe the attributes of such a form, Rama, Shiva, Jesus, Krishna, Vishnu, Allah or Buddha, all those attributes can be found in the perfect master of Shirdi. If God is defined as an object of faith, the faith will reveal God's form.